Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread keller.schaefer
Collin, I feel it would be appropriate if you changed your sig to some short, brilliant, funny or weird thought, quote or whatever, as others do it. The way it is now, it is a list of very, very offensive statements - and I think that you are aware of that. In this sense it is not 'just your sig'

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sure ... nothing wrong with that, either. mapson wrote: just my half thimble-full ... shel I feel what Tanya is going through. I would hate to leave the *istD at home knowing I have it. BUT maybe it is possible to have 2 bodies. One for digital and a film one. Digital for those

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread dagt
Fra: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] They really opposed overthrowing Marxists like Aristide and Saddam Hussein, et al. Saddam Hussein a Marxist? Wow, you really know a lot about political ideologies. Everybody else: Sorry! DagT

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Raimo K
Lasse will get his medication right quite soon. All the best! Raimo K Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lasse Collin: Surely your dispute could be taken off-list? Thanks.

Re: PAW3 - ice cream cone

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Great family snap, BOb. I love looking at friends' family pics. ;-)) Who cares that much about color or focus (certainly not Frank!) when you've got great memories. shel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seeing Boris's daughter and the other kids in the PAW made me miss my youngest who is away at

RE: Fill flash in low light - balanc

2004-03-23 Thread Morgan Cooper
-Original Message- From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a question regarding flash I'd like to ask.  I am taking photos of a band in quite a small, dark venue and I usually just use a fast lens with high speed film without flash.  I'm after a bit more quality (i.e. smaller

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread mapson
Just my $0.02 (whats that in Aus?, about $0.03?) todays exchange US -- OZ USD United States Dollars 1.32776 0.753147 so US 2c = OZ 2.65c ;-) (*)o(*) Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Moving to PZ-1p

2004-03-23 Thread Clive evans
Anthony Interestingly I have just been going through the same thought process. for me to it has also been whether to stay with Pentax or go Nikon [for some reason Canon stuff is not for medon't know why?] Diiferent reasoning however,I don't think I want to [or can afford] to replace

Re: Da 14 filter size

2004-03-23 Thread Herb Chong
i believe it says 77mm. - Original Message - From: Larry Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:01 PM Subject: Da 14 filter size What was the filter size on the new DA 14? I lost the link to the info.

OT: UseFilm

2004-03-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've been trying to log in to UseFilm (www.usefilm.com) and for several days in a row something is quite wrong. It looks almost as if they've sustained a major failure and are trying to recover. Anyone? Thanks. Boris

Re: PAWs Weeks 1-3

2004-03-23 Thread Eactivist
Okay, here are my first three PAWS (I may go up to week 12 like ERN, or just week 5). I haven't scanned for about two months and when I went to scan I found I had lost all my software settings. So everything scanned in blue and dark. I have made some adjustments, but still not quite there yet,

Re: Moving to PZ-1p - flash considerations

2004-03-23 Thread John Forbes
I am not sure the AF360FGZ is the best flash for the Z1-P. The AF400FTZ and AF240FT were both designed to work with the Z1-P (or vice-versa), and are much cheaper to buy and to connect. The 400 is roughly the same power as the 360, and will also swivel (if that's important). The 360 offers

Re: May PUG

2004-03-23 Thread Jostein
You can find all the agreed themes by using the drop-down list for selecting gallery in the AutoPug submission form: http://oksne.net/autopug/pugform.asp Cheers, Jostein Quoting P Kong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What is the May PUG category? Thanks. Pat in SF

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Keith Whaley
Thank you, Boris... We needed a Sargent-at-Arms, before the name calling degenerates into a free-for-all, like the Korean or Japanese [what legislative body, council, assembly, ?] jumping over desks to get at each other... Time for cooler heads, gents. keith Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! LK

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Hi all First off, many thanks to those who offered advice. Apologies if this reply is misplaced, I am subscribed to the digest and it sometimes gets a bit confusing as to who replying and whee I should be replying to. I have one quick question to Tom, who kindly went through quite a bit

Re: OT: OT

2004-03-23 Thread Keith Whaley
Hi Tom, When a topic degenerates into a two or three person shouting match, that's when I really appreciate my Netscape 7.1. I can activate my Kill Thread icon, and that stops all future posts with that same Subject line. keith whaley frank theriault wrote: Tom, It is not! cheers, frank

RE: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Dave, TV - what is shutter drag technique? Sounds interesting... tan. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 6:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:{3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash O. Would

RE: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Thanks Matt and Rob - yep, I had thought about ND filters, and believe that I may have to add some to my list of purchases in preparation for this shoot. Rob - I will most definitely be doing some practice shoots prior to going out with this one. I also have another 4 weddings prior to this

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Hi Morgan, many thanks for reply. I think there's something you're might be missing here... I shot a band for the second time under very similar circumstances two weeks ago. It was my first attempt at using a flash at all, and so I found and read everything I could about it (which BTW

RE: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
You may want to look at the F90X. I bought on last year as a back up AF body for my D1,just incase it went down, i could still shoot film at my horse shows and salvage some sales. Its a nice camera,AF is fast and the body feels very rugged. I found a site on the web that had a comparison of the

RE: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Tom V suggested this when i shot my friends wedding last year. Set the shutter for less than the X sync speed(in this case SP was 125 so i shot in 60th and 30th)It allows for more ambient light in the picture and you lessen the black background,exposed subject problems. Worked very well.Only

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread dagt
Fra: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] DagT: Yes, he is a Marxist. An avid follower of Hitler Stalin. Interisting view. In our part of the world Hitler is put on the extreme right, even though he used the term socialist in the name of his national socialist party. He was never a

RE: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Oooh, you mean slow sync flash! I use it alot, and yep, it does work great - I also find it great because it allows me to hand hold right down to 1/8 if needed due to the flash freezing the movement. BUT I am enjoying reading along this thread as I too have the same perplexing problems as

Re[2]: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Mike Ignatiev
From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] One question though - I am going to have to work with my lens stopped down due to the excess light. Probably in the realm of f16. This totally sucks for portraiture as it increases depth

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have one quick question to Tom, who kindly went through quite a bit regarding flash: I understand that I can manually set the camera 2 stops underexposed and set the flash exposure to 2 stops over, Well, you

Re[3]: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Mike Ignatiev
was this a discussion from a different list? speaking of the subj, apparently, the shallow DOF term doesn't apply only to lenses. mishka Fra: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] DagT: Yes, he is a Marxist. An avid follower of Hitler Stalin.

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Steve Larson
Hi, If fast AF is what you need, the Nikon F100 is faster than the F4 or F5. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Patrick Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 6:15 PM Subject: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
I see that Kirkland Ramsey is back, manifesting himself as a Scandinavian twit. Lasse, if you want to continue this to the childlike extreme that you seem capable of, may I suggest you enter into an offensive sig file battle, instead of just spewing your own brand of puss Here, I even did some

Re: UseFilm

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: OT: UseFilm Hi! I've been trying to log in to UseFilm (www.usefilm.com) and for several days in a row something is quite wrong. It looks almost as if they've sustained a major failure and are trying to recover. Dear

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Tom, many thnaks for your reply. My apologies for labouring the point slightly, but I've another question regarding the use of flash. The compensation dial always measures compensation from the meter. In other words, the compensation isn't measured in relation to your settings, it's set in

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:27:31 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fra: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] DagT: Yes, he is a Marxist. An avid follower of Hitler Stalin. Interisting view. In our part of the world Hitler is put on the extreme right, even though he used the term

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread ernreed2
I said: Lasse Collin: Surely your dispute could be taken off-list? Thanks. Lasse replied: No way. This is a list issue, and not a personal dispute. I disagree, Lasse. Collin has been using that sig line for quite a while. Everybody has seen it by now. You're the only one who has chosen

Re: Moving to PZ-1p

2004-03-23 Thread Joe Wilensky
Agreed -- that's my favorite thing about the PZ-1p. Not only can you dial in separate flash exposure compensation from the body, but this even works with the built-in flash -- perfect for outdoor fill in if that's where you find yourself in need of a tiny bit of flash illumination to lighten

RE: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
not trying to offend here, and I love many of the OT conversations that we enjoy on list, however, IIRC, one of the most enforced rules is that of no religion, no politics and no something else (can't remember the something else part! lol). I really don't think that this conversation is doing

Re: Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography Subject: RE: Re: My own DOF confusion not trying to offend here, and I love many of the OT conversations that we enjoy on list, however, IIRC, one of the most enforced rules is that of no religion, no politics and no something else

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
I opened a message by Collin. Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:28 PM Subject: OT: Active image communication I got this slapped in my face: Keep an eye on the Left. They complain any time we go after any group that hates America. They were ambivalent about going after Al Queda going into

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion Who's spewing now? Being compared to Kirkland Ramsey, being called a Scandinavian twit as well as getting my posts characterized as childlike extreme and spewing puss by you only confirms my good case in

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Tanya, #7 - I'm not sure if you are totally understanding the high speed synch issue. P-TTL or TTL for that matter don't rely on camera modes (AV, TV, P, M), they rely on the amount of light coming into the camera. So you can set the camera manually if you choose and let the flash fire

Re: UseFilm

2004-03-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've been trying to log in to UseFilm (www.usefilm.com) and for several days in a row something is quite wrong. It looks almost as WR if they've sustained a major failure and are trying to recover. WR Dear Usefilmers, WR We are updating the site. All donors still have their accounts

Re: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Dave, One way to think of fill flash is that it is supplemental highlights much like using a reflector or hair light or something. It is not the main light that you would meter for. So basically, it would help lighten shadows, put a sparkle in the eyes, etc. It is not meant to be a main light.

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Hmm... I think his post are fine; but how can I instruct my mail client to filter out his signature? g Alex Sarbu - Original Message - From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:08 AM Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion Lasse: Agreed,

More on DOF

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Actually, DOF is controlled primarily by the aperture opening IRRESPECTIVE of the focal length. A 1 diaphram opening on a 50mm lens gives the same DOF characteristic as a 1 opening on a 300mm lens. It's modified by lens design but defined by the opening size. That's why f1.4 on 50mm is close the

Re: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Tanya, forgot to mention that along with the flash itself, the camera's flash setting needs to be set to W HS - wireless and high speed. This is done by repeatedly pressing the flash button until the two symbols show up. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 7:39:21 AM, you wrote:

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lasse Karlsson Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion Who's spewing now? Being compared to Kirkland Ramsey, being called a Scandinavian twit as well as getting my posts characterized as childlike extreme and spewing puss by you only confirms my good

Sigs (was Re[3]: My own DOF confusion)

2004-03-23 Thread Mike Ignatiev
collin, you are a troll and a moron. shut up. and i am with lasse -- your sig had no place in pdlm. mishka -Original Message- From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Brian Dipert
Collin, considering you don't even know how to correctly SPELL the word 'Buddha', I have some doubts as to your ability to intelligently discuss the topic. Enjoy the quote below == Brian Dipert Sacramento, California mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit me at

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Lasse (and, for that matter, Collin) Your point(s) is/are made, now can we move on please? thanks in advance Matt Quoting Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lasse Karlsson Subject: Re: My own DOF confusion Who's spewing now? Being compared

Re: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Dave, One way to think of fill flash is that it is supplemental highlights much like using a reflector or hair light or something. It is not the main light that you would meter for. So basically, it would help lighten shadows, put a sparkle in the

RE: muvo 4gb hitachi drive thingy...

2004-03-23 Thread zoomshot
-Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 March 2004 12:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: muvo 4gb hitachi drive thingy... does anyone know where i can get my hands on one of these? I want one badly! Anywhere in Australia? Anywhere in the

Toward positive resolution

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I opened a message by Collin. Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:28 PM Subject: OT: Active image communication I got this slapped in my face: snip I asked him: What's this crap doing on the PDML? You sent it Collin. You explain. Lasse I didn't see that. But then, I get the digest

PAW: Rainy day

2004-03-23 Thread Boros Attila
Hello, It seems that I still have to wait for Spring to come in my town. Last week I was walking on a narrow alley after the rain just stopped and thought to take some pics. When I was ready to press the shutter I heared that a car is approaching and waited for it to come into the picture. Here

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Dag T
I think I prefer reading Marx to define Marxism... DagT På 23. mar. 2004 kl. 16.07 skrev Collin Brendemuehl: To say that Hitler was not a Marxist is to not have studied him. He opposed religion in general, using Christians to oppose Jews and then secularizing the state, having the later goal of

Re: {3} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Dave, There are a few ways to go about this. First of all, the diffuser on the flash only softens the light, not weakens it (this is when TTL is used - the weaker light will be bumped up by the sensor), so that option is only when the flash itself is on manual. Since the PZ-1 doesn't have

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:57 AM Subject: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion Lasse Collin: Surely your dispute could be taken off-list? Thanks. No way. This is a list issue, and not a personal dispute. Lasse

Re: Toward positive resolution

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:33 PM Subject: Toward positive resolution For the purpose of maintaining positive relationships on PDML, a new sig is in place. Fine. Thanks. Lasse

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
Sven: Thank you for a civil response. Yes, the sig was provocative. Hopefully of thoughts and not just emotions. But insulting or offensive? Hardly. You're wrong. But to explain how would be inappropriate for the list, So I'll refrain. Think about it yourself, and maybe you'll

Re: Re[2]: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)...

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] One question though - I am going to have to work with my lens stopped down due to the excess light. Probably in the realm of f16. This totally sucks for portraiture as it increases

Re: PAW - Tres Amigos (The Chicklet Bandits)

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, It's great to know that the photo evoked some good memories for you. Here's a slightly different version: http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/tres-2.html I loved that area, and taking second and third class buses through Mexico was a wonderful experience. I really got to see

Re: PAW - Tres Amigos Redux

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... I appreciate the feedback. Others have commented that they liked the first version better, as you may have read. That the photo can take several different crops is, perhaps, a good thing. IAC, I like working on different interpretations of photos ... there's often something more

FS from rec.photo.marketplace.medium-format

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Ref: http://www.news2web.com/cgi-bin/dnewsweb.exe?cmd=articlegroup=rec.photo.marketplace.medium-formatitem=11141utag= Subject: LN Pentax 645n bodies[2] 220 inserts [2] 75fa lens/55-110 FA zoom lens Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:09:17 -0500 From: Dmanfish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups:

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Patrick Pritchard
On Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 12:03 AM, tom wrote: It's been a few years, but iirc, it was pretty bad. It's nickname was the best manual focus camera Nikon ever made. *WOW*. Yes, I have received other eMails regarding this off of the list, and I hear it repeatedly. I haven't done much

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Basically, shifting to manual mode shifts the compensation calculation from the ambient meter to the ttl flash meter. If this is the case, then if I manually set the camera to underexpose by two stops

Re: {3a} Will adjusting the iso on the af280t give me fill flash

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Ok thanks Bruce.Its getting clearer.:-) I'm going to pick up a roll of slide film this afternoon and try your method plus a few others and will see,hopefully. I just picked up a slide roll that i tested a new/used off camera cord and module that i got through Chris Brogden.I did not test for

Accident

2004-03-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! By accident I deleted all messages in my Photographer A Week folder. If any of you have them somewhere in your mail, I would appreciate if you forwarded them to me off-list. Thanks. Boris

Re: Toward positive resolution

2004-03-23 Thread Bob W
Hi, Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 4:33:31 PM, quod Collin: Toward the end of his life, George Truett was asked what he would do differently if he had his life to live over again. He said, I would have spent more time with a few people. I know one like that. Towards the end of his life the

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Congratulations, Lasse. You have just become the 4th person in my 18 years of fooling around with my computer, and talking to people around the world, to be PLONKed! Thanks, Keith. It's an honor. Long overdue. Wish I had been the first, though. Lasse

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread M D Giess
Lasse, moderate it please. Not agreeing with someone isn't an excuse for wild insults, and I personally don't appreciate receiving such mail. As others have asked repeatedly, please keep your comments on this matter outside of the mailing list. Thanks in advance Matt p.s. can the others

RE: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
My dilemma is this: - should I stay with Pentax, or go with Nikon (I'm leaning towards a used F4) If I remember correctly, F4 was said to be the greatest manual focus camera ever. Yes, you read it correctly, I said manual focus. The first Nikon with good AF was F90 if I am not mistaken, and

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
Well, if it is no sealed, then no way the MZ-S will be nearly as dust resistance as the LX. The dust water will get inside the MZ-S from the dials in no time. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan If your choice is Pentax then the MZ-S might be better. It doesn't have gaskets

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
Along with that, even though the FA 135/2.8 isn't a * lens, it is built like a tank much like the * lenses. It's a very good performer. The body is built like a tank, but the focusing mecnahism is not. It is loose and lacks precision for manual focus. Optically, it is inferior to the M135/3.5

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
This I know. It isn't an issue of the AF being the top notch, but given that F4 was the flagship at one point, and a LOT of people used it, the AF can't be *that* bad, all things considered. Because lots of people were using manual focus with the F4 back then. g Regards, Alan Chan

Re: Accident

2004-03-23 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Boris, Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 9:10:45 PM, you wrote: BL Hi! BL By accident I deleted all messages in my Photographer A Week folder. BL If any of you have them somewhere in your mail, I would appreciate if BL you forwarded them to me off-list. Bad news: I can't forward them to you,

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I haven't followed the current dialog of diatribes, but Lasse made it to my list shortly after 9/11. Life is too short to waste time on nonsense. From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Congratulations, Lasse. You have just become the 4th person in my 18 years of fooling around with my

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
I think that the last Pentax camera body that was really well sealed was the LX. The PZ-1p certainly is not, and I think that the MZ-S is not either. Actually the LX is not only the last sealed camera, but the ONLY one too in the entire Pentax history so it is quite unrealistic to expect

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, tom wrote: -Original Message- From: M D Giess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm a bit unsure of what is meant re. shifting to manual (the second paragraph I've quoted), does this mean I can only ever use flash compensation in manual? Yes, I believe this

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: M D Giess [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lasse, moderate it please. Not agreeing with someone isn't an excuse for wild insults, and I personally don't appreciate receiving such mail. It's not a matter of disagreement. The man accuses me publicly for having said that the U.S. got what it deserved

Re: Accident

2004-03-23 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
I think I've got a complete archive of the past few months; if nobody has beaten me to it, I can sift all the PAW messages into a file and mail it to you. -- Glenn

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's a really cheap shot, and so far beneath you that it makes me wonder if I've misjudged you all these years. You know damned well that Lasse's going to respond in a similar way, further perpetuating this nonsense. Shame on you for pouring gasoline on the flames. shel graywolf wrote: Q:

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread John Francis
As long as other members attacks me personally on the list, I will defend my honor on the list the way I see fit. He started it didn't even work in the school playground. Most people have moved on beyond that point. Learn from them.

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Morgan Cooper wrote: Of particular interest/confusion to you will be page 21 (that's page 23 of the .pdf). That table will show you what your flash will illuminate for your lens-length/aperture-setting/film-speed combination. You might find In the heat of the moment,

RE: OT: Travel Tips - Japan

2004-03-23 Thread Alan Chan
Filmes in Japan are expensive so you might want to bring more, unless you want to try some of the Japanese only films (like Velvia 100, not Velvia 100F). If you don't speak or write Japanese, bring a calculator just in case you want to bargain when buying expensive photographic gears. Few years

Re: Lasse V. Collin, formerly Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Frits, I understand that list decorum is something to be attentive to. Hence this is, in my opinion, a suitable point relating to the framework of discussions. Are my current sig choices unacceptable as well? (see below) Where does one draw the line? If it the simple principle of civility,

Re: Sigs (was Re[3]: My own DOF confusion)

2004-03-23 Thread Raimo K
OK, I see your point - but it is highly unnecessary to call somebody a piece of shit in front of the PDLM whether he has right wing opinions (or left wing) or not. There is an old fashioned word proper but the meaning escapes me... All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at:

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Raimo K
That does not make him a Marxist - and he is not. I´d say he is a Saddamist. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23,

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Lasse, I knew you'd respond with some invective and rough language. Please, try at least to tone it down. You can make the same point - even make it stronger - without resorting to such language as in this post and in your reply to another message. How all this political garbage got strewn all

A simple family snap ...

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/alison-dad.html (JPEG, 200K) This is just a quick little family snap taken at Thanksgiving dinner a while back. Just found it today while going through some CD's, and sent a copy to Alison - it's her dad - and thought I'd post it here as well.

Re: Double Exposure:paw

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Hi Boris. Thanks for the comments. Actually i did that placement on purpose,just to be a bit different. Yes the total with 2x converter would be 400mm.Not as large as i hoped but still pleasing. Dave Hi! Dave, what strikes me as particularly pleasing

The nickle diming has begun

2004-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
(For non-US readers: The term to nickel and dime means to extract money in small increments that eventually add up to a lot.) I just heard that the new Nikon D-70, which, even though it is a *budget DSLR, does cost about a thousand dollars, does NOT include the Nikon software for

FT lens

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Pentax-A 24/2.8 Excellent condition. Want Pentax-A 100/2.8 (not the macro version) in similar condition. TIA, Collin -- - You can impress people at a distance, but you can only impact them up close. -- Howard Hendricks --

Signature lines

2004-03-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
IMHO, all signature lines, whether politically inflamatory or just cutsie, are to be avoided on a list such as this as an unnecessary waste of bandwidth.

Re: A simple family snap ...

2004-03-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Now THAT is a picture for preserving. Natural position, common expression, uncluttered surroundings. Everything that you want in a memory. Collin

Re: My PAWs Weeks 1-3

2004-03-23 Thread Eactivist
I am reposting this because someone told me it didn't show up on the list. Sorry if you get duplicates. Okay, here are my first three PAWS (I may go up to week 12 like ERN, or just week 5). I haven't scanned for about two months and when I went to scan I found I had lost all my

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread graywolf
I did not intend to sent that to the list. I need to remember to change the recipient before typing, maybe a post-it note on the monitor. I do apologize to the list for posting it here. Shel Belinkoff wrote: That's a really cheap shot, and so far beneath you that it makes me wonder if I've

Re: A simple family snap ...

2004-03-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Why, thank you, Collin. I like it because he's sitting beside a photo of his daughter and son-in-law, and because the clock behind him suggests that we'll be eating soon ;-)) I like his position as well. M I can almost taste that great turkey once again ;-)) shel Collin Brendemuehl

Re: The nickle diming has begun

2004-03-23 Thread brooksdj
Howdy Mark How about someone (me)buying a +$4000(Canadian $) digital and still gets the 30 day trial version.vsg FWIW the trial version is playing havic with my P-400 driver,(it keeps telling me after i installed it that winozs has found new

Re: A simple family snap ...

2004-03-23 Thread Christian
Nice lighting. (and what Collin said) Christian - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:03 PM Subject: A simple family snap ... http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/alison-dad.html (JPEG, 200K)

RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash

2004-03-23 Thread Morgan Cooper
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:33:58 + (GMT) From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Fill flash in low light - balancing natural and flash Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Secondly, plan to shoot half the set with a

Re: My own DOF confusion

2004-03-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
I appreciate your post, Shel. From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lasse, I knew you'd respond with some invective and rough language. Please, try at least to tone it down. I will, when personal attacks on my integrity on the list stop. (As for the invectives - while I realize they are

RE: PAW - Tres Amigos (The Chicklet Bandits)

2004-03-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Hey Shel - do you ever wonder what the subjects of all of these images from the 60s and 70s that you've posted are doing now? Wouldn't it be great to reunite them for an image somehow? tan. -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004

RE: PAW: beach log

2004-03-23 Thread Amita Guha
Amita, may I say that the previous pictures of yours that I commented on, on list or off list were stronger... You see, the log is in a sense piece of rubbish on the beach. It shouldn't be there, really. As such it stands out of the crowd of little rocks and other background pieces but

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